Food & Nutrition

Parisian startup Nūmi, which is developing cell-based breast milk, has secured €3.7M ($4.3M) in non-dilutive funding from the French government after being selected as a France 2030 i-Démo laureate. French cellular agriculture player…
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US plant-based meat maker Daring Foods has rolled out a line of skillet meals at Sprouts Farmers Market, aiming to capitalise on the protein and fibre craze that has gripped the nation. Daring Foods, which makes a wide range of vegan…
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Beyond Meat has enlisted NHS GP Dr Amir Khan and fitness entrepreneur Lucy Mecklenburgh to front a nationwide campaign to help the UK get back into healthy eating post-summer. Plant-based giant Beyond Meat is stepping up its nutrition…
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Canadian plant-based wellness brand Organic Traditions has raised $10.5M in funding to accelerate its US expansion and advance the innovation behind its new Fiber Flow line. As the GLP-1 boom ushers in a new era for fibre-packed foods,…
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Californian plant-based giant Beyond Meat is bringing its clear protein drinks to its home state, with the Beyond Immerse line now available at Erewhon stores in Los Angeles. In a homecoming for its latest product range, Beyond Meat has…
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US startup Superbrewed Food has unveiled Thryvia, a postbiotic ingredient derived from its cultured microbial protein, for use in shelf-stable supplements, foods, beverages, and pet nutrition products. US fermentation startup…
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The US government has been sued for appointing a "secret panel" of meat and dairy lobbyists to issue the new dietary guidelines, and a court has been asked to order the Trump administration to withdraw the recommendations. A group of…
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Nestlé, the world's largest food company, is leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) and nutritional science to create products tailored for GLP-1 users, a fast-growing demographic often experiencing side effects such as muscle loss. In…
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British plant-based meat maker This has launched an evidence-led online knowledge hub for consumers to navigate misinformation about protein, processing, nutrition and sustainability. The meat industry has spent millions on research…
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Public health scientists in India have proposed a "dual-axis" framework to classify foods based on nutritional content and processing levels, just as the government faces questions about its regulation of ultra-processed foods. The…
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US startup Superbrewed Food has released the results of a clinical study on its postbiotic cultured protein, which has been found to outperform pea protein and match whey on muscle protein synthesis. In the food world, protein is the…
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Nordic CPG giant Orkla Snacks has agreed to acquire the European Candy Group for €207M ($239M) to expand production and footprint for its viral Bubs brand of vegan gummies. After witnessing a TikTok-fuelled shortage, a US expansion, and…
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Indian food tech startup Inaara NeoFoods has raised ₹21 crore ($2.2M) to advance its AI-powered "farm to formulation" platform for producing plant-based proteins, fibres, fats, and functional starches. Seeking to leverage India's crop…
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Indian food tech startup Arboreal Bioinnovations has secured ₹23 crore ($24.2M) in Series A funding to scale up functional ingredients like yeast and plant proteins, sugar replacers, and fibres. To bring its functional ingredient…
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The Netherlands Enterprise Agency has committed up to €400,000 ($465,000) in funding for a Partners for International Business cluster to help companies develop blended proteins for the meat-reducing French market. As blended meat makes…
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As sales expand, Danone’s Kate Farms has launched a new flavour of its plant-based nutrition shake and broadened its distribution to reach more GLP-1 users across the US. A year after being acquired by Danone, Kate Farms is aggressively…
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US biotech startup Kuehnle AgroSystems has closed a Series B funding round to expand the sustainable production of its algal astaxanthin via dark fermentation for applications including human nutrition. Hawaiian algal biotech company…
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Australian startup All G has launched its precision-fermented bovine lactoferrin in the US, just as it plans a second facility and expects to bring its human lactoferrin ingredient to market within six months. Months after securing…
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A global study has revealed that young populations are consuming low amounts of plant-based food, pointing to a critical nutrition gap among children. Globally, children are eating lower amounts of plant-based foods than they should,…
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Around three in five consumers in the US are open to the idea of eating less meat and replacing it with beans, citing concerns about inflation and personal health. A similar number of Americans consume both meat and beans, but a large…
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The EU has added inulin-propionate ester, a fibre ingredient that can stimulate the body's natural GLP-1 response, to its list of approved novel foods, enabling companies to sell the additive in food products. As weight-loss medications…
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